USS LST-308
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | LST-308 |
| Builder | Boston Navy Yard, Boston |
| Laid down | 15 September 1942 |
| Launched | 9 November 1942 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Albert Miller Penn |
| Commissioned | 2 January 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 17 December 1946 |
| Identification |
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| Honors and awards | See Awards |
| Fate | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | LST-1-class tank landing ship |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 328 ft (100 m) oa |
| Beam | 50 ft (15 m) |
| Draft |
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| Installed power |
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| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Range | 24,000 nmi (44,000 km; 28,000 mi) at 9 kn (17 km/h; 10 mph) while displacing 3,960 long tons (4,024 t) |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 2 or 6 x LCVPs |
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| Troops | 16 officers, 147 enlisted men |
| Complement | 13 officers, 104 enlisted men |
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USS LST-308 was a LST-1-class tank landing ship in the United States Navy during World War II.[1]
Construction and career
LST-308 was laid down on 15 September 1942 at Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts. Launched on 9 November 1942 and commissioned on 2 January 1943.[2]
During World War II, LST-308 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle theater and later assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East. She took part in the Sicilian occupation in Italy from 9 to 15 July 1943 and 28 July to 17 August 1943. Then the Salerno landings from 9 to 21 September of the same year.
She then participated in the Iinvasion of Normandy from 6 to 25 June 1944.
After the war, she was put to occupation service and made several trips between 2 December 1945 to 7 August 1946.
She was decommissioned on 17 December 1946 and transferred to the State Department to await her disposal, 5 December 1947.[1]
Awards
LST-308 have earned the following awards:
- American Campaign Medal
- China Service Medal
- European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (3 battle stars)
- Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
- Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
- World War II Victory Medal
Citations
- ^ a b "Tank Landing Ship LST". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ "LST-308". NHHC. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
Sources
- United States. Dept. of the Treasury (1962). Treasury Decisions Under the Customs, Internal Revenue, Industrial Alcohol, Narcotic and Other Laws, Volume 97. U.S. Government Printing Office.
- Moore, Capt. John (1984). Jane's Fighting Ships 1984-85. Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0710607959.
- Saunders, Stephen (2009). Jane's Fighting Ships 2009-2010. Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0710628886.
- Fairplay International Shipping Journal Volume 222. United Kingdom: Fairplay Publishing Limited. 1967.
